United Nations

  • Jul 26, 2022
  • 7 min read

Yemen’s humanitarian crisis will worsen

Presently 17 million Yemenis are acutely food insecure but international assistance only reaches 7 million

Yemen
  • Jul 26, 2022
  • 2 min read

MONUSCO protests will compound Congo’s security crisis

Protestors have violently attacked UN peacekeeping premises in Goma, complaining of a failure to protect them

Congo-Kinshasa
  • Jul 13, 2022
  • 2 min read

Syrian humanitarian situation threatened by politics

The UN Security Council extended its humanitarian assistance into Syria from Turkey by only six months

Syria
  • Jul 7, 2022
  • 2 min read

UN humanitarian aid to Syria will continue

Russia agreed today to extend humanitarian aid supplies through Turkey into north-west Syria for a further six months

Syria
  • Jul 1, 2022
  • 2 min read

Drone attack puts pressure on the Yemeni truce

The Huthi launched their first drone attack on Saudi Arabia since the truce started on April 2

Yemen
  • Jun 30, 2022
  • 2 min read

UN warning over Congo’s M23 will deepen concerns

The UN has issued a stark warning about the threat posed by the M23 rebellion in eastern Congo

Congo-Kinshasa
  • Jun 28, 2022
  • 2 min read

UN cutbacks will worsen Yemen’s humanitarian crisis

The UN World Food Programme yesterday announced it is to cut back rations to the 13 million people it feeds monthly

Yemen
  • Jun 15, 2022
  • 6 min read

Iran-Sweden relations will be difficult to rebuild

A death sentence in Iran and a guilty verdict in Sweden have undermined bilateral relations

Iran